Installation of Lynis on Arch Linux systems

Install Lynis on Arch Linux

Tutorial for Lynis installation on Arch Linux

Pacman

Arch Linux is getting more popular, due to its great community support and the way it is organized. Being a “rolling release” system, it is continuously up-to-date. Of course you want to make sure your security defenses are equally up-to-date, so that’s where Lynis comes in.

Normally pacman is used for installing new packages. Unfortunately, the lynis package does not show up.

Linux and UNIX security automation

Lynis is a free and open source security scanner. It helps with testing the defenses of your Linux, macOS, and Unix systems. Typical use-cases for this software include system hardening, vulnerability scanning, and checking compliance with security standards (PCI-DSS, ISO27001, etc).